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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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